Post by mechamind on Mar 16, 2021 21:39:31 GMT -5
Airdate: January 1985?
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $17,000 game room!
A $5,500 18-karat gold chain!
A $29,000 Cadillac!
Over $127,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Karen Doyle: Homemaker and mother of two, from Lancaster, CA (originally from Texas)
Kimberly Faubert: Freshman at University of Minnesota majoring in international finance
Mike Broad: Store manager for a retail drug chain, from Lockport, IL
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
Perfection! Karen solves STANDING UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS.
It's our right to add a prize and your right to spin for it. We will now add a Epirotiki Cruises Mediterranean cruise (labeled CRUISE) worth $7,850.
Mike solves COPS AND ROBBERS.
Everyone's watching as you try for the $5,000 space, but make sure the Wheel doesn't rob you after that!
This race is over, and we have a clear winner.
BONUS ROUND:
Look at this studio filled with glamorous prizes! Fabulous merchandise including:
A $17,000 game room!
A $5,500 18-karat gold chain!
A $29,000 Cadillac!
Over $127,000 just waiting to be won on...
Wheel of Fortune!
Today's contestants:
Karen Doyle: Homemaker and mother of two, from Lancaster, CA (originally from Texas)
Kimberly Faubert: Freshman at University of Minnesota majoring in international finance
Mike Broad: Store manager for a retail drug chain, from Lockport, IL
After Pat says Kimberly has a good life awaiting her, she fakes a snore.
The top-dollar value on the Wheel is $1,000. Try not to hit Bankrupt, or you will lose all your cash, but once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep. Here's our first puzzle!
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KAREN | Kimberly | Mike |
| $600: N (x2) $250: T (x2) $250: S (x2) $600: G (x2) -$250: I (x2) -$250: A $350: D $250: P -$250: U (x2) $250: F $400: R (x3) Solve: Correct! | ||
$4,700 | ||
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Perfection! Karen solves STANDING UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS.
$4,700 to spend |
| 1-week St. Thomas holiday (-$3,305) Golden West Billiards solid oak bar (-$1,344) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$51) |
Karen | Kimberly | Mike |
$4,700 |
It's our right to add a prize and your right to spin for it. We will now add a Epirotiki Cruises Mediterranean cruise (labeled CRUISE) worth $7,850.
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Karen | KIMBERLY | Mike |
| $400: S (x2) $900: T (DUD!) | BANKRUPT! ($0) | |
$800 | ||
| $600: N $300: D -$250: A $700: R (x2) -$250: E $450: L (DUD!) | CRUISE! $150: M (DUD!) | $200: P $550: B (x2) Solve: Correct! |
$1,800 | $800+ | $1,300 |
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Mike solves COPS AND ROBBERS.
$1,300 to spend |
| Sharp 13-inch portable color TV (-$399) Panasonic 1.5-inch micro compact TV (-$470) Large shawl (-$150) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$281) |
Karen | Kimberly | Mike |
$4,700 | $1,300 |
Everyone's watching as you try for the $5,000 space, but make sure the Wheel doesn't rob you after that!
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Karen | Kimberly | MIKE |
| $1,500: T $400: H (x2) -$250: E (x3) $200: R -$250: A (x2) $800: N (x3) Lose A Turn! | ||
$4,400 | ||
| $5,000: D (x3!) Solve: Correct! | ||
$15,000 | ||
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Karen solves THE INDIANAPOLIS FIVE HUNDRED for a blowout finish! We'll need to take a break before she goes shopping.
Before the prizes are revealed, Pat shows that Karen was very close to clicking over to $300. Just "a little-bitty bit of difference".
$15,000 to spend |
| OLDSMOBILE CALAIS SUPREME! (-$13,448) Tiffany & Co. gold penguin pin with diamond and ruby * (-$1,140) Texas Instruments educational toys (-$225) Remainder on a gift certificate (-$187) (Karen may choose the penguin pin as part of a gift certificate.) |
This race is over, and we have a clear winner.
Karen | Kimberly | Mike |
| $19,700 | $1,300 |
Kimberly hardly even got to play, and that leaves her with the nice parting gifts.
BONUS ROUND:
Karen doesn't have to stop there! She's obviously the big winner, and she can play for...
Trip to Sydney and stay at Hyatt Kingsgate Hotel ($6,970)
How about one more puzzle?
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She's going with the favorite that is STLNRE:
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She starts with OUT THE, but she does not solve HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD (which the audience shouts after time runs out).
Karen shouldn't worry! She already has a car, and she leaves with a total of $19,700 in prizes!